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FOS NOTICE NO. 790 10-04-95
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS
SUBJECT RADAR DECOMMISSIONING NOTICE...
BINGHAMTON... NEW YORK
NEW YORK CITY... NEW YORK
WITH THE DOPPLER... WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR... /WSR-88D/
COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ FOR
BINGHAMTON... NEW YORK... USERS NOTIFIED... AND SERVICES
CONFIRMED... THE MAJOR CRITERIA FOR DECOMMISSIONING THE
WSR-74S AT BINGHAMTON... NEW YORK /RADAR IDENTIFIER - BGM/
HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THE WSR-74C RADAR DECOMMISSIONED
OFFICIALLY ON SEP 26... 1995.
WITH THE DOPPLER... WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADARS... /WSR-88D/
COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ FOR
BINGHAMTON... NEW YORK... PHILADELPHIA... PENNSYLVANIA... AND
NEW YORK CITY... NEW YORK... USERS NOTIFIED... AND SERVICES
CONFIRMED... THE MAJOR CRITERIA FOR DECOMMISSIONING THE WSR-57
AT NEW YORK CITY... NEW YORK /RADAR IDENTIFIER - NYC/ HAVE
BEEN COMPLETED. THE WSR-57 RADAR WAS DECOMMISSIONED OFFICIALLY
ON SEP 26... 1995.
DECOMMISSIONING MEANS THAT THIS RADAR IS NO LONGER ISSUING
PRODUCTS... SUCH AS THE RADAR OBSERVATION /ROB/ MESSAGE...
IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY.
PERSONS WISHING MORE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE CURRENT RADAR
NETWORK SHOULD CONTACT THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE OR CALL /301/ 713-0070.
SUBJECT NEXRAD COMMISSIONING NOTICES...
PEACHTREE CITY... GEORGIA
ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM
/ASOS/ PROGRAM WAS REACHED WHEN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
/NWS/ AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ COMMISSION
THE FAA-SPONSORED ASOS AT
PEACHTREE CITY - FALCON FIELD /FFC/
PEACHTREE CITY... GEORGIA
THE ASOS DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM /SENSOR GROUP/ LOCATION IS
LATITUDE 33p 21 N
LONGITUDE 84p 34 W
ELEVATION 815
THE COMMISSIONING WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 UTC /12
O CLOCK LOCAL TIME AT THE SITE./ THIS BRINGS WILL THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 117 /90 NWS SITES AND 27 FAA
SITES/. COMMISSIONING OF THIS SITE MEANS THAT THE ASOS WILL
PRODUCE AUTOMATED... AROUND-THE-CLOCK SURFACE AVIATION
OBSERVATIONS.
THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SITE... AS
WELL AS THE ASOS OPERATIONS AND MONITORING CENTER /AOMC/ IN
SILVER SPRING... MARYLAND... WILL MONITOR ASOS PRODUCTS AND
COORDINATE MAINTENANCE ACTIONS AS NEEDED. NOTE BECAUSE ASOS
OBSERVATIONAL FORMATS ARE DIFFERENT FROM MANUAL OBSERVATIONAL
FORMATS... AUTOMATED DECODER PROGRAMS MAY REQUIRE SOFTWARE
MODIFICATIONS.
PERSONS WISHING MORE INFORMATION CONCERNING ASOS SHOULD
CONTACT THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OR CALL
/301/ 713-1792... FAX /301/ 713-0959.
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